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Film shown Friday features families struggling after economic crisis

Posted at 5:49 pm August 20, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

A new nonprofit organization that helps homeless families in Anderson County will show a documentary on Friday that features families struggling after the Great Recession, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

The 7 p.m. screening of “American Winter,” an HBO documentary, has been organized by TORCH (Trinity Out-Reach Center of Hope). The film was produced during one winter in one American city, and it presents an “intimate snapshot of the state of the nation’s economy as it is playing out in millions of American families, and highlights the human consequences of the decline of the middle class and the fracturing of the American Dream,” a press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Nonprofits, Top Stories Tagged With: American Winter, documentary, economic crisis, Grove Theater, homeless, TORCH, Trinity Out-Reach Center of Hope

Help needed for homeless count in Anderson County this month

Posted at 10:01 pm January 14, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

A local organization known as TORCH will conduct a street count of homeless people in Anderson County on Jan. 24 as part of the 2013 Point-In-Time Count coordinated by Tennessee Valley Coalition to End Homelessness.

The Point-In-Time Count is a survey of homeless people in every county across the United States. Volunteers are needed to help with the count in Anderson County, a press release said.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Nonprofits, Top Stories Tagged With: homeless, Point-in-Time Count, Tennessee Valley Coalition to End Homelessness, TORCH, Trinity Out-Reach Center of Hope

Community forum on homelessness on Jan. 11

Posted at 3:15 pm December 31, 2012
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

A local organization and church have organized a Jan. 11 forum on homelessness, and the public is invited to attend.

The forum will start at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 11 at the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church. It’s been organized by the Trinity Out-Reach Center of Hope (TORCH) and the church.

A press release said the forum will bring together experts from social service agencies, faith-based groups, and the wider community for a frank discussion about homelessness that will include the definition, faces of homelessness, an exploration of potential solutions, and ways that people can be involved in the Jan. 24 “Point In Time Count” (PITC).

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, forum, homelessness, Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, TORCH, Trinity Out-Reach Center of Hope, Zabrina Minor

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